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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Winterlied
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Mein Sohn, wo willst du hin so spät? 
Geh' nicht zum Wald hinaus,
Die Schwester find'st du nimmermehr, 
O bleib' bei mir im Haus!

Da draußen ist's so kalt, so rauh, 
Und heftig weht der Wind;
Bist ganz allein im weiten Wald, 
O bleib' bei mir, mein Kind!

O Mutter, Mutter, laß mich zieh'n, 
Trockne die [Trän']1 im Blick,
Die Schwester find' ich ganz gewiß 
Und bring' sie uns zurück.

Bis ich sie find', ist doch kein' Rast, 
Ist doch kein' Ruhe hier;
Den Schnee und Wind bin ich gewohnt, 
Bald kehr' ich heim zu dir.

Die Mutter sah ihm lange nach, 
Er ging zum Wald hinaus;
Der Wind ward still, die Nacht verging, 
Doch [er kehrt' nicht zum Haus]2.

[Und der]3 Schnee zerschmolz, der Wind verweht', 
Kam wieder Sonnenschein
Und Blüt' und Blätter überall: 
Die Mutter [blieb]4 allein.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   M. Reger 

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Reger: "Träne"
2 Reger: "kehrt er nicht nach Haus"
3 Reger: "Der"
4 Reger: "bleib"

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Swedish (Svenska) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847), "Winterlied", op. 19 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Max Reger (1873 - 1916), "Winterlied", 1888? [ voice and piano ], from Jugendlieder, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Cançó d’hivern", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Winterlied", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Winter song", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant d'hiver", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 144

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